מֹלֶךְ
Môlek · H4432 · Hebrew · proper noun · 8 occurrences
Person
Meanings
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Molech
Deity; worshipped by Canaanites
Examples1 Kings 11:7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abhorrent idol of Moab, on the mountain that is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abhorrent idol of the sons of Ammon.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שִׁקּוּץdetestable thing, abomination 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
8 occurrences in 2 groups
- לto/for 13
- אַחַרafter, behind 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- Names of Deities003001004
- Molech names the pagan deity to whom Israel was forbidden to sacrifice their children, most notoriously in the valley of Ben-hinnom (Leviticus 18:21; 20:2-5).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4432. Molek מֹ֫לֶךְ proper name, of a divinity Molech (ᵐ5 Μολοχ, ᵑ9 Moloch) (= מֶלֶךְ…
מֹ֫לֶךְ proper name, of a divinity Molech (ᵐ5 Μολοχ, ᵑ9 Moloch) (= מֶלֶךְ i.e. (divine) King, with vowels of בּשֶׁת to denote abhorrence, HoffmZAW iii. 1883, 124 RSSemitic i. 353; 2nd ed. 372; compare HoffmGG Abh. xxxvi. 1890 a (May, 1889), 25; Phoenician proper name, of divinity מלך Milk, in proper names compare Bloch, DrDt.222 f.); — with article ׳הַמּ: — the god to whom Israel sacrificed children with fire (in valley of Hinnom); מּ לַ בָּנֵשׁ ׳העביר 2Ki 23:10; לַמּ ׳העביר Jer 32:35 (|| הַבַּעַל), Lev 18:21 (H); לַמּ ׳נתן Lev 20:2-3, Lev 20:4 (H); more Generally הַמּ אַחֲרֵי ׳לִזְנוֺת Lev 20:5 (H). In 1Ki 11:7 read probably מִלְכֹּם, q. v.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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